My Storytelling Mind

"Write a scene in which a character's last words are: 'I find peace in the rain.'" Blurb coming soon... Find this blurb on Pinterest .

"Every door in the world locks. Describe the aftermath." Blurb coming soon... Find this blurb on Pinterest .

"Hell, contrary to popular belief, is not a pit of darkness and eternal torture, but more of a rehab center you visit until you are accepted into heaven. You are a serial killer; now, explain your journey." Blurb coming soon... Find this blurb on Pinterest .

Pinterest is what started me on sharing my writing. I've been posting blurbs and prompts for over a year, and collecting tips & tricks for much longer. It's like the Google of inspiration. I'll be double-posting my blurbs here now, when I write them, and updating stories that you'll also find have their own boards on my Pinterest . Usually, when a story develops past two connected blurbs (and it's likely to keep developing), I make a board specifically for that story. Of course, I have several more stories offline, but some stories have their own visual addendum.  (c) The Barren Land, 2013 #1. Her feet left no footsteps, thought he didn’t notice, and she didn’t seem too preoccupied about the fact that she was terribly dressed for cold weather. He was intrigued, as he had been when he first noticed her out the window the day before. She had seemed too familiar with the grounds to be a random trespasser. Above, the first of over 600 blurbs on my ...

Let me start by saying I'm really not one for diaries or journals. I find it hard to open up, even if no one's reading. But I truly have a writer's brain - there isn't a single moment I'm not narrating my life, listing out things to remember, or envisioning a story I'm working on. Sure, I have notebooks. I have plenty of notebooks. I'll probably buy more notebooks at the next opportunity. My brain jumps around faster than a pencil; the only time I genuinely write in a notebook is during the drafting process. Or when I'm writing lists. Have I mentioned I'm a heavy lister? I decided I need a 'brain outlet,' something that I can dump all of my thoughts into - my research, my character naming jaunts, my blurbs, my daily mini-obsessions (documentaries, anyone?), and my creative juices for the day. Amid all the individual tastes of my mind, here you'll find writing prompts, lists, character creations, a glimpse at my writing proc...